WOW FOREVER · CLASS
Hunter
Beast Mastery · Marksmanship · Survival
Overview · Beast Mastery
Talents
We only show a class's tree once two independent Forever sources agree on every talent. For the Hunter, they disagree on 2 talents (for example Improved Revive Pet, Pathfinding), often because of Blizzard's late hotfixes. We'll add it once that settles.
WHAT BLIZZARD HAS CONFIRMED
- Three talent trees per class. First point at level 10, then one per level (51 at level 60).
- Each tree keeps its rows; one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
- Many talents were reworked, moved or made baseline; some are unchanged from patch 1.12.
- Respec at a class trainer in a major city. Dual Specialization unlocks at level 40.
Playstyle & stats
Beast Mastery
Your pet does the heavy lifting. The easiest way to level.
STAT PRIORITY
Agility › Hit › Attack Power › Critical Strike
Marksmanship
Ranged burst with Aimed Shot and Trueshot Aura. A raid favorite.
STAT PRIORITY
Agility › Hit › Critical Strike › Attack Power
Survival
Traps, control and Agility scaling.
STAT PRIORITY
Agility › Hit › Critical Strike › Stamina
PREVIEW UNCONFIRMED: playstyle and stat priorities are general guidance, not confirmed for WoW Forever's reworked classes. Starter builds appear only for classes with verified trees: 31 points down the spec's tree and 20 in its partner tree, filled row by row. They're a starting point, not a tested build.
Changes
Posts from the Chronicle tagged class changes that mention the Hunter. Each links to the original.
Oct 28, 2026 · UnofficialUNOFFICIAL
Wowhead: live hotfix nerfs Hunters (Aspect of the Hawk, Trueshot Aura) ↗Live-server hotfix data during name reservations roughly halves top-rank Aspect of the Hawk and Trueshot Aura, and nerfs Elixir of Wisdom. Not in official notes.
Oct 3, 2026 · X
Hunter class highlight video ↗Bring a brand new pet type on your adventures or go solo with nothing but your wits, traps, and weapons 😤 Watch the full WoW: Forever Hunter Class Highlight on YouTube:
Sep 30, 2026 · Blue post
Blue reply: Sniper Shot correction in the Hunter deep dive ↗Nethaera confirms a dev-team correction: Sniper Shot deals more damage than Aimed Shot (the article had a typo), and the deep dive was updated.
Sep 30, 2026 · News
Class Deep Dives: Hunter And Druid ↗Answer the call of the wild and take on nature’s many forms in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Gear
Pets
Hunter pets guide →All 19 pet families in the game files: what each one eats and the abilities it learns, by level.Spells by level
Next at the trainer: level 12 and 14, 7 spells or ranks.
Arcane ShotRank 2
Distracting ShotRank 1
Mend PetRank 1
Wing ClipRank 1
Eagle Eye
Eyes of the Beast
Scare BeastRank 1
ALL 56 SPELLS BY LEVEL
Auto Shot
Raptor StrikeRank 1
Aspect of the Monkey
Serpent StingRank 1
- Arcane ShotRank 1
Hunter's MarkRank 1
- Raptor StrikeRank 2
Concussive Shot
- Serpent StingRank 2
Aspect of the HawkRank 1
Call Pet
Dismiss Pet
Feed Pet
Revive Pet
Tame Beast
Track Humanoids
- Arcane ShotRank 2
- Distracting ShotRank 1
- Mend PetRank 1
- Wing ClipRank 1
- Eagle Eye
- Eyes of the Beast
- Scare BeastRank 1
- Raptor StrikeRank 3
Immolation TrapRank 1
Mongoose BiteRank 1
- Serpent StingRank 3
- Aspect of the HawkRank 2
Multi-Shot
Track Undead
- Arcane ShotRank 3
- Distracting ShotRank 2
- Mend PetRank 2
Aimed ShotRank 1
Aspect of the Cheetah
DisengageRank 1
Freezing TrapRank 1
- Hunter's MarkRank 2
Scorpid Sting
- Raptor StrikeRank 4
Beast Lore
Track Hidden
Summon HawkRank 1
Trueshot AuraRank 1?
- Serpent StingRank 4
- Immolation TrapRank 2
Rapid Fire
Track Elementals
- Arcane ShotRank 4
- Aspect of the HawkRank 3
- Mend PetRank 3
- Aimed ShotRank 2
Frost Trap
- Distracting ShotRank 3
- Scare BeastRank 2
- Mongoose BiteRank 2
Aspect of the BeastRank 1
CounterattackRank 1?
Feign Death
LacerateRank 1
Strider Kick
- Raptor StrikeRank 5
- Trueshot AuraRank 2?
Enchanted Flare
Flare
Track Demons
- Serpent StingRank 5
- DisengageRank 2
Explosive TrapRank 1
- Arcane ShotRank 5
- Mend PetRank 4
- Immolation TrapRank 3
- Aimed ShotRank 3
- Summon HawkRank 2
Viper StingRank 1
- Aspect of the HawkRank 4
- Wing ClipRank 2
- Raptor StrikeRank 6
- Hunter's MarkRank 3
- Distracting ShotRank 4
- Freezing TrapRank 2
- Aspect of the BeastRank 2
- LacerateRank 2
Aspect of the Pack
Sniper ShotRank 1
Track Giants
VolleyRank 1
- Serpent StingRank 6
- CounterattackRank 2?
- Arcane ShotRank 6
- Mend PetRank 5
- Mongoose BiteRank 3
- Aimed ShotRank 4
- Explosive TrapRank 2
- Scare BeastRank 3
- Immolation TrapRank 4
- Viper StingRank 2
Aspect of the WildRank 1
- Raptor StrikeRank 7
- Aspect of the HawkRank 5
- DisengageRank 3
- Summon HawkRank 3
- Sniper ShotRank 2
- Serpent StingRank 7
- Distracting ShotRank 5
- Trueshot AuraRank 3?
- Aspect of the BeastRank 3
- LacerateRank 3
- VolleyRank 2
Black ArrowRank 1
Track Dragonkin
- Arcane ShotRank 7
- Mend PetRank 6
- Aimed ShotRank 5
- CounterattackRank 3?
- Explosive TrapRank 3
- Raptor StrikeRank 8
- Immolation TrapRank 5
- Viper StingRank 3
- Aspect of the WildRank 2
- Serpent StingRank 8
- Hunter's MarkRank 4
- Aspect of the HawkRank 6
- Mongoose BiteRank 4
- Sniper ShotRank 3
- VolleyRank 3
- Serpent StingRank 9
- Arcane ShotRank 8
- Aspect of the HawkRank 7
- Distracting ShotRank 6
- Mend PetRank 7
- Wing ClipRank 3
- Aimed ShotRank 6
- Freezing TrapRank 3
- Summon HawkRank 4
- Trueshot AuraRank 4?
- Aspect of the BeastRank 4
- LacerateRank 4
- Black ArrowRank 2
Aspect of the Falcon- Improved Mend Pet
Tranquilizing Shot
From the class skill lines in the WoW Forever game files (build 1.60.1.70707); talents are left out. Rank levels are cross-checked against the talentsforever.com spellbooks (CC BY 4.0) and Blizzard's deep dives; an orange ? means they disagree. Trainer costs aren't in the files. A few entries may not be trainable in the live game UNCONFIRMED. New players: see the Hunter guide and leveling speed tips.